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After having this R-56 for a few years I believe it is the changing from summer to winter fuels and the ECU taking time to catch up to the...

You are correct, it is the designer and not the dealer, although the dealership did back my one week old MINI into a pole that required replacing...

The fix that Herleman did for the rear trailing arm thread mishap was a good one and in all likelihood is probably stronger than the OEM setup....

I am not going to Track the car so keeping it as OEM as possible, plus the fact that there are few people within a 120 mile drive to align it to...

Dave, I appreciate the advice and Jason, yes, it is tragic that a company as old as Koni has degraded and not kept pace. When I noticed that...

Paul: I have 4 torque wrenches, no air tools, so it is all old school for me. Judging by what you might be working on it sounds military :-)...

Just wanted to Bump this Thread. There is some very good info here that applies to more than suspension components! Thanks for the Posting...

Well, after much grief with the Koni FSD's, the second set is clunking again! I sent the first set back to Koni and they said that they were...

I can say that the Milltek has mellowed a bit with age, but I still need to insulate the MINI for sound deadening. I do however like the...

The drive shaft was 8" long and your feet were under the headers... A warm ride but at 1620lb wet, on the road, it was 0-60 quick. A 427 Bristol...

Because it was a stock 289 w/holley 4brl the hp was low enough to keep the stock rear end. The factory racing TR's of the day kept the stock rear...

Thanks Rick!

Thanks Dave! A hot MINI, like one of Jan's special builds, would have left it in the weeds, but it was still fun to drive. I suppose if I had...

From my reading Dave.O has gone through a few suspensions and if he likes it then I would bet it is good! His recommendation of Suspension,...

That is perfect, on at least 2 levels! You will be throwing Money at your MINI and it will be more than a "Penny". Second is "Shaken not...

Since I rotate my tires front to rear for winter wheel and tires to summer wheel and tires every year that is not a big deal. It looks like the...

That increase in negative camber eats tires?! Apparently so, but it must be worth it for your daily driver to do it. For trips it is not worth...

So you would go IE fixed and not adjustable or something like Vorshlag? The big problem here is having to drive 1+hour to get to a place that can...

If those stock plates give me grief I will change them and IE fixed would be a good thing for the driving I do. I am getting to old to want to...

Today I talked with Scott @ Home and he suggested re-tightening the top strut nuts to the top strut plate. It had worked itself loose, just a...